Engaging Youth in HIV Prevention and Care

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This webinar provides an overview of developmental aspects of youth that are living with HIV/AIDS, including challenges and/or barriers to prevention, treatment, and medical adherence to care.

Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, the participant should be better able to:

Describe how youth are different from adults living with HIV.
Summarize approaches to support youth-friendly HIV care services.
Discuss developmental aspects of youth that are living with HIV/AIDS.
Discuss challenges and/or barriers to treatment and medical adherence for youth living with HIV/AIDS.

Faculty
Keristen Mazyck – Medical Care Manager, Ryan White Wellness Center
Keristen Mazyck is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW-CP) where she works at the Ryan White Wellness Center as a Medical Care Manager. She has worked in several capacities within the Ryan White Program for over 15 years. She is a designated HIVPCP provider and enjoys sharing her wealth of knowledge to others about effective strategies and interventions that contribute to improving health outcomes for persons living with HIV/AIDS and at-risk populations for HIV. Keristen is passionate about the youth population living with HIV as she is committed to helping them achieve quality of life through a strength-based perspective and interventions.

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and HealthHIV. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.